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B. "JAN RAALTEK A vm, APPUCATION FILED DEC.24119N.

Patented Dee.A 7, 37915.

UNITED sTATns PATENT onirica.

BENJAMIN VANRAALTE, or NEW YORK. N. Y.,

l NEW Yoan, N. Y.. A conronarIoNor NEW YORK.

AssreNor. To n. e z. VAN RAALTE, 'or

VEIL.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Application ledDeccmber 24, 1914. Serial No. 878,835.

To all whom t may conce/fn.:

Be 'it known that I, BENJAanN VAN RAALTE, a citizen of the. United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, havevinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Veils, of which the following is a specification.

The object 'of this invention is to provide a veil which can be securely attached to the hatfwithout the use of pins or any" like means of attachment; which will not disturb the trimming on the hat in any manner when placed on the hat or removed, and which may be readily adjusted without reg moval. My improved veil is also'constructedv so that it is not necessary to remove the saine when the hat is being taken oli, and it 'is also not necessary to remove the veil from the hat when a dili'erent arrangement of draping the veil is desired. These and vari- -ous other improvements are carried out by a more particular description my invention,

appear below.

of which will In the drawings appended hereto, Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved veil; Fig. 2 is asectional view on the line :2-2 of Fig. l, looking lin the direction of the arrows, the elastic being shown in stretched or extended position; and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of my improved veil as applied to a hat and in use. My improved veil consists of a flat section `of material of substantially square or rectangular outline 1. Veils made in this form can be made with a minimum amount of cost or expense as is not the case with circular, bag shaped veils where considerable time and material are Wasted in forming the same. Furthermore, veils of square, or like outline, procure the pleasing arrangement of draping as shown herein.-

Arranged approximately in the center of the veiling 1 is an opening 2, although if `desired the opening may be positioned at dition, so that when the same relaxes to its normal condition, a series of plaits 5 is formed in the veiling. It is necessary that the elastic be secured to the veil in a stretched condition and these plaits be in the surface of the veiling, else when an attempt should be made to attach the veil to the hat the veiling adjacent the opening 2 would distortand r'in.'

Fromthe foregoing my invention will be readily understood. To place the veil upon the hat, 1t is merely necessary to enlarge the opening 2, by means of the elastic 3 surrounding said opening and pass the crown of the hat through said opening, so that the veiling will be arranged on the hat as shown in F ig. 3, the contraction of the elastic strip 3 holding the veil securely to the hat. To remove the hat it is not necessary to entirely remove the veil as is the case with ordinary veils, the elastic holding the veil securely to the hat under all circumstances. Also, if desired, the arrangement of draping the veil can readily be changed as desired without removing the veil from the hat.

1With the ordinary type of veil, which is secured to the hat by pins or otherI like fas tening means, when a change in the draping arrangement is desired, it is necessary to entirely saine, this operation being repeated until the veil has been draped as desired. lVith my improved veil, it is merely necessary to distend the opening 2 and twist theveil on the hat until the veil is draped as desired. Thus, if it is desired that ./any of the points 6 ofthe veil be at the front of the hat', at the rear, or at any other place, on the hat, this arrangement can be easily performed, without the necessit)r of removing the veil and changing its position until it has been arranged as desired.

Having thus described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that the'same is not restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structures that' come Within the scope of the annexed claim.

What I claim is:

An article of the class 4described comprisremove the veil and re-attach the ing a veil formed from a singlesecton of a Signed in the city, County and State of Substantially flat piece of netted maeral, New York, this 23 day of December, 1914.

said section being substantially square .in B. YAX RAALTE. outhne, an openlng formed 1n smd sectlon at Y 'Tltnesses: the center thereof and a stl-1p o elastlc ma- EDWIK C. ANDERSON,

teral secured to the edge of said opening. ERNEST SGHACHT. 

